Manly outlast willing Titans

An uninspiring first half saw no points scored until after the half-hour mark when Kieran Foran finished off a long-range move from Daly Cherry-Evans. The Titans responded in the minute before halftime with James Roberts cracking the visitors' line.

After going into the sheds at 6-all, the Sea Eagles came out in the second half and seemingly went for the accelerator pedal, Brett Stewart scoring eventually after an earlier botched attempt by Cheyse Blair. The Eagles held the 12-6 margin until the 77th minute when Daly Cherry-Evans potted a field goal to seemingly put the result beyond doubt.

The desired effect was not what Manly would've hoped, with the Titans regaining the ball from a short kick-off, capping the subsequent set with a try to Kalifa Faifai-Loa in the far corner. Aidan Sezer was able to convert bringing the margin back to one.

Sadly for the Titans they were unable to push past Manly in the final 90 seconds following the Faifai-Loa try, and eventually conceded a penalty in front of their own posts allowing Jamie Lyon to push the winning margin out to three points.

Next week Manly fans will be making the trek out to Pirtek Stadium where their side will take on a desperate Parramatta Eels outfit, while the Gold Coast have their own trip booked for Kogarah where they'll take on the equally desperate St. George Illawarra Dragons.

Plenty of Maroon and White in the stands at Cbus Super Stadium... not a heap of Titans fans at this home game though. New coach Neil Henry has made a couple of tough calls - lets see if they can compete with a heavyweight.

1: We are underway and it's Manly with the ball first. The Titans are in an indigenous themed version of their white alternate strip, while Manly are in their maroon kit.

3: Mark Minichiello explodes through the middle and the Titans now have it inside the Manly 20m.

21: Manly pick up their first penalty of the day. 30m out they start to attack.

24: Bludger of a game so far, neither side really challenging the opposition line with any great gusto.

33: TRY MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES Scored by Kieran Foran. Kick to come.Sorry about the lack of updates, we almost fell asleep. Try time for Kieran Foran, broke into the backfield after DCE took the line on.

70: Titans defending stoically and now they get a penalty for a strip coming out of their own end. Play to start inside Manly's half.

71: UNFORCED ERROR GOLD COAST TITANSKalifa Faifai Loa makes an unforced error.Ahhhhhh... Kalifa was certain to score in the corner but the ordinary ball from Takairangi has seen him spill it. Manly scrum on their own 10m.

73: UNFORCED ERROR MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLESJamie Buhrer makes an unforced error.Buhrer loses it in a tackle. Scrum Titans. Allegations of a strip but they'll have to deal with that.